Alan Haberman Executive Vice
President of First National Stores in Boston, MA was asked to chair a
group of eight competent, motivated and focused individuals from
specific Supermarket Chains and Grocery Manufacturers. Here 38
years after the committee completed its work, he thinks about what was
accomplished, how it was accomplished and what it really meant.
Alan background prior to the committee'swork on the UPC industry standard. (8
min 24 sec)
Major Steps in Achieving the UPC
Standard by the Industry (10 min 20 sec)
Communication between the Symbol
Selection Committee and the Ad Hoc Committee other Standards
organizations (5 Min 31 secs)
Consequences of the U.P.C.
industry standardization effort. (5 min 34 seconds)
Biggest Surprises in the
standardization process (3 min 25 seconds)
Future of the Barcode (3
min 9 seconds)
The Message for others about the
future (3 min 41 seconds)